Effectively canceling a planned speaking tour, the US consulate in the Netherlands has put an extended hold on the visa application of award-winning Palestinian journalist and photographer Mohammed Omer…

LONDON/DUBAI, March 23 (Reuters) – Sovereign borrowing still eludes the Islamic bond, or sukuk, market, leaving investors hungry for a benchmark issue to reinvigorate trading after the credit crunch and the Dubai World crisis.

Debt monsters of the past have tended to end in deflationary depressions, but itâ€™s important to understand that gold can rise in this kind of environment. Remember, gold rises during economic uncertainty.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States hopes President Barack Obamaâ€™s visit next week to Indonesia will help spur reforms that boost trade with Southeast Asiaâ€™s largest economy and the worldâ€™s fourth most populous nation.

Duke’s Muslim chaplain to give opening prayers at US house / Columbia MSA discusses Shi’a-Sunni unity / Muslim cemetery proposed in Connecticut / First halal meals on wheels program introduced in US / Muslim students help the homeless in Orlando FL /

In the 1979 Revolution in Iran the liberal forces made a fatal mistake: they adopted the old dictum of the enemy of my enemy is my friend and allied themselves with just about every force that opposed the tyrannical rule of the shah.

Despite all that, The New York Timesâ€™ Brian Stelter documents the deep reluctance of cable news chatterers and government officials to label the incident an act of â€œterrorism,â€ even though — as Dave Neiwert ably documents — it perfectly fits,

Washington – Senior military officials decided to launch the current U.S.-British military campaign to seize Marjah in large part to influence domestic U.S. opinion on the war in Afghanistan, the Washington Post reported Monday.